Today is New Year's Eve, 2017, and we're bundled up at home under plenty of blankets, trying to avoid the 19 degree chill outside. There is a thin coating of snow on the ground that just won't melt, and we're munching on leftover Christmas cookies before noon. Today is a relaxing one, giving me some time to reflect and look back on what a truly incredible year 2017 has been for East Made...

Last April I worked with Michael and Carina Photography to style a few shoots for their workshop at the Retreat at Cool Spring, in Bluemont, Virginia. Luckily for us, the Retreat boasts the most romantic and wonderfully decorated master bedroom, which is the most inspiring place to hold a boudoir session ...

We have such a wonderful couple, Meredith and Mike, getting married at the Baltimore Museum of Art this January, so, in preparation for their wedding, I want to share their gorgeous engagement session with L Hewitt Photography ...

I was so thrilled to work with Sarah and Matt in styling and planning their July wedding at Evergreen Museum 1. because Sarah is the sweetest bride and she and Matt are such a fun couple and 2. because she works in the college guidance department of my former high school! ...

Flower petals fluttering down from trees in springtime have always captured my attention; that snow-like quality of delicate, unique little things journeying from above is so beautiful. This past spring I was able to collaborate with Rachel May Photography, drawing inspiration from early spring's fluttering petals and dogwood trees, and it yielded one of my favorite editorials to date...

Sarah and Patrick's Mt Washington Mill Dye House Wedding this August was such a favorite of ours! A violinist and a pianist, Sarah and Patrick met in music school at the University of Maryland and now manage their own private music studio together. Our planner Anna coordinated their day and it was so sweet, and full of smiles and laughter...

Our smart and fun DC couple, Margot and Brian, celebrated their wedding two weeks ago at the Hotel Monaco in DC, and I can't wait to share some photos from their iconic DC wedding! Today, I have to post this classic DC engagement session they did with Alicia Lacey Photography. The architecture of DC buildings is just so magnificent and I love all of the marble and columns in this gallery...

What a luxurious and memorable time I had, spending a few days last April with the talented Virginia wedding film photographers Michael and Carina and getting to stay at the Retreat at Cool Spring! Built in 1799, the Retreat sits atop a small hill in rural Virginia, and is impeccably decorated and styled in that countryside, neutral aesthetic we love so much...

Kathryn and Arun's wedding was full of personal details and sentimental touches, encompassing all of the elements that make a wedding truly meaningful. Held at one of the most unique venues in Baltimore, a 1932 Gothic revival mansion, Cloisters Castle was also the site of Kathryn's parents' nuptials some 40 years earlier...

One of our spring weddings (that I'm looking forward to sharing soon!) was with the bubbly and talented Nicki Metcalf Photography, with whom I also collaborated on a lifestyle anniversary session last December. Nicki approached me months before with the idea to do a painting shoot, which I loved. Artists always inspire me, and I love watching them create and work, so I started searching for actual Maryland-based painters, rather than hiring models as "painters."